On a pleasantly cloudy day with passing showers we visited Wooden Shoe Tulip farm and enjoyed the delicious vibrance of many many tulip varieties. From white to red to pink and blue, with ruffles, points, variations, and flowers within flowers. Wondrous sights and borderline overwhelming variety and bounty. Highly recommended.

The results of my street shooting in NYC the last few days. High rises forming canyons, bustling subways, quiet courtyards and gardens, people people people. Stepping off the Path train I immediately was hit by the energy and buzz of new york. It quickened my pace Continue reading →

Today we have a Powderday! what an excellent treat to have excellent fluffy powder come down during a short 50th birthday ski celebration / reunion of sorts. Snow was late to come down, and what had been forecast at 12 was downrated to 6ish, and in the morning we had 8ish! enough to cover the hard freeze melt. And enough to drift up deeper in places for some real sweet shots. We got some first tracks off scotty’s ridge. Dropped down in via some steep crazy entries. The sun kept popping out to reveal special graces in the landscape. And all the while we got hot, got cold, ate food, lost eachother, found eachother, saw skeleton trees, explored, and skied powder! weee!

After our visit to the Hoover dam we went back down the road a bit and went exploring down Gold-Strike Canyon. The canyon winds its way down the hills towards the Colorado. There may or may not be hot springs along the way, we didn’t go far enough to find any. Lots of cars along the Dirt road, obviously a known and well frequented spot. There is no trail really, just follow the wash on down and respect the desert environment by limiting off trail use. The sun was fading as we dropped down away from the highway. Caves and rims illuminated in the sun. Continue reading →